Eyeglass-mounting.



PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907.

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PATENT oI FIoE.

"LEO F. ADT,.OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

. EYEGLASS-MOUNTING.

No. 872,21 1. Specification of platters Patent. Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

ApplicationfiledFebruary 17. 1906. sea No. 301.561.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LEO FuADT, of Al' bany, in the county of Albany and State of ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Mountings;- and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of panying drawin s, forming a part of the specification, and to the referenceenumerals marked thereon.

ments in eyeglass mountings, particularly of which the lenses are connected by a relatively rigid bridge and guards or portions engaging the nose of the wearer are adaptedto be separated by the fin ers of the wearer, grasping arms extending Forward of the plane of the lenses, and it has for its objects to simplify and improve the construction and operation of the guards and operatwhereby the parts nia be readily formed and assembled all as will be hereinafter described and the novel features pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a to plan view of a pair of eyeglasses provided with my Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, one of the nose pads being removed. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the position occupied by the parts when the pads are separated. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the guards and a portion of the bridge or conneoting part.

Sinnlar referenee numerals in the several figures indicate similar arts.

1 indicates the lenses connected by the relativ ely rigid arched bridge 2 which atter in the present embodiment has the lens holdin ears 3 and the edge bearing lugs 4 formecl upon it and the portion between the arch of the bridge and the lens forms as subing the material a of the parts, the entire stantially flat support upon which the guards are pivotaliy mounted. v

T; e guarcs are each constructed of a single piece ofmoreor less resilient sheet metal and shaped as shown in Fig. 4, to form a body on a stud or screw 5 secure thereto and extending transversely of the bridge, the for-' ward .end ,being preferably beiit vertically to forman operating end 6 while the portion in rear of the bridge 18 divided into two parts, bent to form the pad or bearing 1 portion. or engaging the wearers nose an the other to form the spring for turning the guard on its pivot.

In the present embodiment the part or arm constituting the bearing pad. or nose grip ing portion extends downwardly in rear of t s bridge and upwardly forming the lowerbearing loop 7 and the upwardly extending free arm being broadened to form the pad 8, said loop and arm being twisted as SllOWIl to conform more or less to the contour of the'wearers nose and having an eificient bearing thereon. The other of the rearwardly extending .parts of the guard is preferably narrower than the one having the nose bearing portion and is given a quarter tum and formed into a loop or coil 9 the axis of which extends substantially vertically or in a plane parallel to the lenses, its free end 10 engaging and having a sliding bearing upon the mountmgbeneath the bri geg being retained in position by a lug 11 formed on the latter as shown.

The coils 9 are preferably formed by givliability of breakage and are so disposed on the respective guards as-tomove the bearing pads inwardly or toward/ the wearersnose, effectually holding the mounting in place thereon and removal of t .e 'lasses by pressing together the forward operating ends of the guards.

By providing the operating the guards and locating them n1 rear of the lensesnot only are the parts simplified r'equiring but four screws for connecting all but .I am enabled to construct guard of a single stamping of sheet'metal and the coil being formed by bending the metal transversely of theplane of the sheet from which it is constructed,

.sullicient resiliency can be obtained without liability of breakage- It will be understood that instead of forming the nose bearing portion of the loop 7 and the arm having the pad 8 thereon, any other-suitable construction' could be employed though I prefer that shown, as it aflords a firm gripping device capable of adjustment and is readily made; The guards as a whole could of course be made as separate articles of manufacture and variously applied to other bridges and lens holding devices.

I claim as my invention:

- 1. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with the support, of a guard pivoted thereon and having the forwardly projecting turn and a half to preventermitting the application andsprings upon f operating arm,

the springQ-arrn extending rearwardly of the first and then" forwardlyand-having a sliding engagement with "thesupport and the nose bearing portion also located in rear of the pivot,

2. In an eyeglass mounting,the combination with the support, of a guard pivoted of thefpivotpthe rearwardly extending arm, coiled and extending forwardly' and having agsliding "engagement with the support and another arm] inrear I ofthe pivot having a bearing pad or pads on 'the support, said guard embo ying a.

' d. formed into 'a'coil' and extending forwardly '55 K- and engaging the lug,

thereon.

3'. In an eyeglass inountin g, the coinbination with the support, of 'a'guard ivoted forwardlyextending operatingarm, an

' two rearwardl'y' extending p'ortions,yone of Q the ot er. portion" having a nose formed 'thereon.-

* extending said portions extending forward again" and havin a sliding bearing onth'e support and bearing pad 4. Inan eyeglassmounting, the-combine tion with the sup on the support, sa wardly extendingioperating arrn and two rearwardly extending portions-- one of which is. given a;

andthenother r'earwardly ing on the support, H

' hav ng "the. upper I and rt on lower nose earing pads;

5. In -an eyeglass mounting, combination with the support, of, a guard pivoted on the support, said' g'uard-ernbodymg the forwardly extending operating arm,

ort, of aguard pivotedguard embodying a for v quarterturn, coiled and extended forwardly, its free endhavin' a sliding-bearand two z fihepivot studson "metal having the'flat portionresting on bridge through which the studs are passed, forwardly extending operating arms and the for eyeglasses constructed 'of rearwardly extending. por 1s given a quarter turn,. c

iled and extended forwardly, its frelaendhaving afsliding'bear- '40 ing on the "suppoi't'and the other rearwardly extending portion being twisted slightly and extending downward, forward and upward to form the loweifbearing loop and the upper r L p bearing p Iii an eyeglass mounting, the co nbin'a-' tion-with the lenses, the bridge connecting the fiat portions near the ends,

them having the latter and the lugs below, of the guards each constructed of-flat' the the two 'rearwardly extending portions one and the otherv portion bent downwardly and twisted slightly,

thence extending"upwardly'forming a loop and having its-upperfree end enlarged, said .loop and enlarged e'n'd fo'rrning bearing p013 tions ,to'engage the wearers nose. v I 7; As an article of manufacture a guard having the flat body portion,

0 erating arrn and '11 rear of tio'n' divlded into. two parts one coiled and extending toward the operating'arm and the 'other'hentl downward. and thenoupward to forms-lose bearing pads g o LEO RAD-'1. Witnesses: l I

MICHA L F. OCoNNoR. EDWARD MURPHY, 2d.

sheet metal the forward e bo y p 5 

